Re: the cost of knowledge

On 28/01/12 12:58, Joyal, André wrote:

Dear category theorists,

This is to let you know (in case you are not) that there is presently a campain to boycott Elsevier.

http://thecostofknowledge.com/

Best, André

As Andre says in the link, mathematical knowledge should be free. But a problem in boycotting Elsevier is that jobs and grants depend on the dreadful system based on the impact factor of journals. A good way of making mathematical knowledge free is to send all mathematical knowledge to the arXiv. Also, to upload as much as possible mathematical knowledge to the net, legally or illegally. To create a math-megaupload. e.d. [For admin and other information see: http://www.mta.ca/~cat-dist/ ]